2014 -- H 7908

========

LC005156

========

     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2014

____________

H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

DECLARING TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2014, AS "NO MORE DAY" IN THE STATE OF

RHODE ISLAND

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Fox, E Coderre, Blazejewski, Ruggiero, and Ackerman

     Date Introduced: March 11, 2014

     Referred To: House read and passed

1

     WHEREAS, The State of Rhode Island is home to an estimated 205,000 victims, both

2

male and female, who, during their lifetimes, experience rape, physical violence, and/or stalking

3

by an intimate partner; and

4

     WHEREAS, Domestic violence in Rhode Island poses a major public health crisis, not

5

only for the significant others who fall victim to these horrific acts, but also for the children who

6

suffer through the experience; and

7

     WHEREAS, In 2011, Rhode Island police officers responded to 7,883 domestic violence

8

related calls, and children were present in almost 2,100 of these incidents; and

9

     WHEREAS, All too often, there are many more of these heinous crimes that don't get

10

reported because of victims' fear, a threat from the guilty spouse, or, in some cases, because of

11

death resulting from the crime; and

12

     WHEREAS, "NO MORE Day" serves as a symbol of commitment to ending domestic

13

violence and sexual assault in Rhode Island and across the nation; and

14

     WHEREAS, "NO MORE Day" will also serve as a national symbol to bring awareness to

15

issues of domestic violence and sexual assault that all too often get overlooked; now, therefore be

16

it

17

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

18

Providence Plantations hereby recognizes March 11, 2014, as "NO MORE Day," a day that will

19

be known as the nation's call to end domestic violence and sexual assault; and be it further

 

1

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

2

submit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic

3

Violence.

========

LC005156

========

 

LC005156 - Page 2 of 2